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May 6 birthdays

300 notable historical figures were born on May 6, and 187 died on this day. Everyone born on May 6 is a Taurus.

16% of May 6 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (65) than any other country.

Born on May 6

• Orson Welles (1915 to 1985. American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985))
• George Clooney (born 1961. American actor and filmmaker (born 1961))
• Tony Blair (born 1953. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007)
• Sigmund Freud (1856 to 1939. Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939))
• Nicholas II (1868 to 1918. Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917)
• Maximilien Robespierre (1758 to 1794. French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794))
• Prince Archie of Sussex (born 2019. British prince (born 2019))
• Daniel Alves (born 1983. Brazilian footballer (born 1983))
• Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918 to 2004. President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004)
• Gjergj Kastrioti (1405 to 1468. Albanian warlord and military commander (1405–1468))
• Willie Mays (1931 to 2024. American baseball player (1931–2024))
• William III (1882 to 1951. Last German crown prince (1882–1951))
• Samuel Doe (1951 to 1990. Leader of Liberia from 1980 to 1990)
• Martha Nussbaum (born 1947. American philosopher and academic (born 1947))
• Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973 to 1024. Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 to 1024)
• André Masséna (1758 to 1817. French Marshal (1758–1817))
• Innocent X (1574 to 1655. Head of the Catholic Church from 1644 to 1655)
• Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II (born 1950. King of the Ashanti (Asantehene))
• André Weil (1906 to 1998. French mathematician (1906-1998))
• Yolanda Díaz (born 1971. Spanish politician and lawyer (born 1971))
• Marcellus II (1501 to 1555. Head of the Catholic Church in 1555)
• Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769 to 1824. Grand Duke of Tuscany (1790–1801; 1814–1824))
• Mahmoud al-Zahar (born 1945. Palestinian politician (born 1945))
• Jean-Michel Cousteau (born 1938. French oceanographic explorer)
• Emanuel Celler (1888 to 1981. American politician (1888–1981))
• Willem de Sitter (1872 to 1934. Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1872–1934))
• Brian Froud (born 1947. English fantasy illustrator (born 1947))
• Kamisese Mara (1920 to 2004. Fijian former prime minister and president)
• Rudolph Valentino (1895 to 1926. Italian actor (1895–1926))
• Randall Jarrell (1914 to 1965. American writer (1914–1965))
• James Earl Rudder (1910 to 1970. United States Army general)
• Victor Grignard (1871 to 1935. French chemist (1871–1935))
• Vlad Filat (born 1969. Prime Minister of Moldova from 2009 to 2013)
• Chiaki Mukai (born 1952. Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut (born 1952))
• Christian Morgenstern (1871 to 1914. German author and poet (1871–1914))
• Cole Palmer (born 2002. English footballer (born 2002))
• Robert O'Hara Burke (1821 to 1861. Irish soldier, police officer & explorer)
• David Nirenberg (born 1964. American historian)
• Mordechai Gur (1930 to 1995. 10th Chief of Staff of Israel Defense Forces)
• Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912 to 1977. Penultimate king of Burundi from 1915 to 1966)
• Robert H. Dicke (1916 to 1997. American astronomer and physicist (1916–1997))
• Chris Paul (born 1985. American basketball player (born 1985))
• Mateo Kovačić (born 1994. Croatian footballer (born 1994))
• Stanley Morison (1889 to 1967. British typographer (1889–1967))
• Michael Löwy (born 1938. French-Brazilian sociologist and philosopher (born 1938))
• Nakaoka Shintarō (1836 to 1867. Samurai in Bakumatsu period Japan)
• Eric Murray (born 1982. New Zealand rower (born 1982))
• Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781 to 1832. German philosopher (1781–1832))
• Abraham Jacobi (1830 to 1919. American pediatrician (1830–1919))
• Victor Amadeus, Prince of Piedmont (1699 to 1715. Prince of Piedmont)
• Yasushi Inoue (1907 to 1991. Japanese writer (1907–1991))
• Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896 to 1966. Swedish medical physicist (1896–1966))
• Bob Symes (1924 to 2015. Austrian television presenter in the UK (1924–2015))
• Fath Muhammad (1684 to 1729. Mughal military commander (1684–1729))
• Daouda Malam Wanké (1946 to 2004. Military leader of Niger in 1999)
• Gloria Richardson (1922 to 2021. American civil rights activist (1922–2021))
• Erich Fried (1921 to 1988. Austrian-born poet, writer and translator)
• Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464 to 1512. Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach)
• Albert Friedrich Speer (1863 to 1947. German architect (1863–1947))
• Naomi Scott (born 1993. English actress and singer (born 1993))

Died on May 6

• Edward VII (1841 to 1910. King of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910)
• Henry David Thoreau (1817 to 1862. American philosopher (1817–1862))
• Alexander von Humboldt (1769 to 1859. German polymath (1769–1859))
• Catherine I (1684 to 1727. Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727)
• Marlene Dietrich (1901 to 1992. German and American actress (1901–1992))
• Alexander Suvorov (1730 to 1800. Russian military commander (1729/30–1800))
• Giulio Andreotti (1919 to 2013. Prime Minister of Italy (1972-73; 1976-79; 1989-1992))
• Theodore von Kármán (1881 to 1963. Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963))
• Shiv Kumar Batalvi (1936 to 1973. Indian poet (1937–1973))
• Muhammad XII of Granada (1444 to 1494. 23rd Nasrid emir of Granada (r. 1485–86))
• Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490 to 1527. French general and nobleman (1490–1527))
• (1938 to 2026. American media mogul (1938–2026))
• József Mindszenty (1892 to 1975. Hungarian cardinal (1892–1975))
• Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868 to 1938. British politician (1868–1938))
• José Antonio Páez (1790 to 1873. President of Venezuela)
• John Batman (1801 to 1839. Australian explorer (1801–1839))
• Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743 to 1787. Dutch regent)
• Konstantin Somov (1869 to 1939. Russian painter (1869–1939))
• Juan Luis Vives (1492 to 1540. Spanish humanist scholar (1493–1540))
• Emperor Ninmyō (810 to 850. Emperor of Japan from 833 to 850)
• John Lukacs (1924 to 2019. Hungarian-born American historian and author (1924–2019))
• Valentin Varennikov (1923 to 2009. Russian army general and politician (1923-2009))
• Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707 to 1746. Italian rabbi and kabbalist (1707–1746))
• Humberto Maturana (1928 to 2021. Chilean biologist and philosopher (1928–2021))
• Fulbert Youlou (1917 to 1972. 1st President of Congo-Brazzaville from 1960 to 1963)
• Cornelius Jansen (1585 to 1638. Dutch Bishop (1585-1638))
• Razafinandriamanitra (1882 to 1897. Malagasy princess)
• Chatichai Choonhavan (1920 to 1998. Prime Minister of Thailand from 1988 to 1991)
• Dieric Bouts (1415 to 1475. 15th-century Dutch painter)
• L. Frank Baum (1856 to 1919. American author (1856–1919))

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